Race Sponsors
-Gemstone Sponsor ($50,000)
-Macro-Diamond Sponsors ($25,000)
-Micro-Diamond Sponsors ($10,000)
-Kimberlite Sponsors ($2,000)
-Gear Sponsors
Download 2008- Sponsorship Package - PDF
Gemstone Sponsor ($50,000+)
BHP Billiton returns as the Gemstone Sponsor for the the 2008 Rock and Ice Ultra. BHP Billiton is the world's largest diversified resources company with over 100 operations in 25 countries. The cornerstone of BHP Billiton’s Diamonds business is the EKATI Diamond Mine™. BHP Billiton sells polished diamonds through their CanadaMark™ and AURIAS ™ brands.
BHP Billiton is providing the most unique purse in endurance or adventure racing: over $30,000 in genuine Canadian Diamonds from their EKATI Diamond Mine.
Macro-Diamond Sponsors ($25,000+)
Once again our friends at MATRIX will be providing racers, media and volunteers with an authentic exploration camp to call home for the duration of the race; MATRIX Village.
Based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, Arctic Response Canada Ltd. is a 100% northern owned business providing quality Emergency Response training, services and products throughout Northern Canada. - www.arcticresponse.ca
Micro-Diamond Sponsors ($10,000+)
Great Slave Helicopters is a dynamic rotary wing charter company that prides itself on safety, customer satisfaction and professionalism. Specializing in mining exploration, seismic, aerial geophysics, class D rescue, power line and utility applications, wildlife capture support, forest fire supression, tourism and flight training; GSH provides these services to governments, businesses and individuals across Canada, the USA, Mexico an internationally. - www.greatslaveheli.com
CBC North Radio carries daily aboriginal language programming in Dene Suline, Tlicho, North Slavey, South Slavey, Gwich'in, Inuvialuktun, and Inuktitut. The shows include news, weather and entertainment, providing a vital service to the many people in Northern Canada for whom English is not their first language.
The primary CBC North television production centre is in Yellowknife (CFYK), with smaller production centres in Whitehorse (CFWH) and Iqaluit (CFFB). The CBC North television service is seen through a network of both CBC-owned and community-owned rebroadcasters in virtually all communities in the Northwest Territories, the Yukon, and Nunavut. - www.cbc.ca
Clark Builders is committed to enhancing life in the communities they serve. Lending a hand to neighbours is not an optional add-on, but essential to who they are.
Corporately, they're engaged in numerous endeavours, from building and supporting women's shelters to launching a charitable golf tournament in Calgary to kick-starting a paddling event in support of Edmonton's Cornerstone Counselling Centre. Overseas, they contribute to Hope International's work in capping springs and digging wells for water-starved villages in such countries as Sudan and Cambodia. they are also active in numerous business and professional associations. - www.clarkbuilders.com
Kimberlite Sponsors ($2,000+)
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Clear Arctic Springs |
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Aurora Village |
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Enodah Wilderness Travel Ltd (Trout Rock Lodge) |
Gear Sponsors
The North Face - www.thenorthface.com
Mountain Hardwear - www.mountainhardwear.com
